Native Mandarin Audio from Yomichan

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Outputs native Mandarin audio in Yomichan through a local Forvo server, requiring AnkiConnect and configurable language, port, preferred usernames, and gender display.
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Updated: 2022-09-06
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Last update or commit was 1046 days before the snapshot (2023-11-20).

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Repository: alexkiani/yomichan-forvo-server · more by alexkiani
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Last commit: 2022-09-05
Languages: Python
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README

Yomichan Forvo Server for Anki

Simple server to take advantage of Yomichan's custom audio sources feature. Requires Anki Connect. It web scrapes Forvo's search and word page to get a list of words.

Prerequisites:

Anki
Yomichan
Anki Connect

Install:

Copy the code and install like you would for any other Anki addon
Restart Anki
Allow network connections (required since this is a local server)
In yomichan settings, go to Audio > Configure Audio Playback Sources > Custom Audio Source
Select Type as JSON and set URL to http://localhost:8770/?term={term}&reading={reading}
In your Audio Sources list below, make sure one of them is set to Custom

Now when you scan a word in Yomichan, you should be able to right click the audio icon and the Forvo custom audio sources should appear.

Configuration

Yomichan Forvo Server supports a few configuration options, which you can edit by going to Tools > Add-Ons > Yomichan Forvo Server > Config. Note configuration changes requires you to restard Anki to see effects.

Here is a sample configuration.

{
    "port":8770,
    "language":"ja",
    "preferred_usernames": [
        "skent"
    ],
    "show_gender":true
}

Field	Description
port	Port that YomiChan will call. Default is 8770
language	Language code to use in Forvo. Some examples are `ja` for Japanese or `zh` for Mandarin Chinese. Default `ja`. On the Forvo website, you can see what language code is in square brackets beside the language name on a pronunciation.
preferred_usernames	A list of Forvo usernames. This will order the results on top based on this priority. If empty, results will show based on the Forvo website order.
show_gender	Show the gender symbols (♂, ♀,) beside the username based on their gender. Default `true`.